Articles for tag: Extremophiles, microbiology discovery, radiation biology, Space biology, survival in extreme environments

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Scientists Find Organism That Survives Radiation

Suhail Ahmed

In a world where a hospital CT scan can feel intimidating, imagine a microbe that treats like a sunny afternoon. The star is Deinococcus radiodurans, a rose-tinted bacterium that shrugs off doses that would tear human DNA to shreds. Scientists study it not just for the shock value, but because its survival tricks could inspire ...

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From Songbird to Space bird: The Strange Science Behind Japanese Quails

Suhail Ahmed

The Japanese quail has a résumé that is very strange for a bird. What started out as a songbird in 11th-century Japan has become a scientific wonder that produces foamy semen, struts around after mating, and even hatches in space. These small birds, no bigger than a human hand, have strange evolutionary traits that have ...